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  • Call-Back: The monsters from the Michael Jackson thriller parody in the first episode show up at night in the garden of No. 10 to ask if Norman Tebbit can come out to play.
  • Fingore: George Cooper gets his finger skewered by a mini-javelin. Henry, his brother, isn't impressed with his reaction:
  • Hi, Mom!: The West Ham supporter who appears in David Coleman's Newsflash says hello to his mum.
  • I'm a Humanitarian: Suggested by Thatcher as a way to lower unemployment.
  • Intercourse with You: The episode closes out with "What Torvill Does to Dean", which is a Hurricane of Euphemisms that you can try when you're struggling to articulate your feelings to a potential squeeze.
  • Kavorka Man: Henry Kissinger is available to make great strides in diplomacy by regaling attendees at summits with tales of his sexual escapades.
  • Momma's Boy: George Cooper signs off his and Henry's segment with "Be nice to Mum."
  • Non-Answer: When asked by Sir Robin Day about killing the Duke of Edinburgh, Thatcher simply goes off on a tangent about industry and small businesses.
  • Of Corpse He's Alive: At the arms summit, Chernenko's body is being held up by a couple of Party members.
  • Stylistic Suck: Henry and George Cooper's world records segment is deliberately very stilted and acted out with cheap props.
  • Tropaholics Anonymous: There's a Channel 4 documentary about Alliance Anonymous, a society set up to help people with a thinking problem.
  • Wildlife Commentary Spoof: We see David Attenborough doing some ADR for one of his shows. He records his commentary for a segment about sharks by sticking his head in a bucket of water.

 
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Questioning Margaret Thatcher

When asked by Sir Robin Day about killing the Duke of Edinburgh, Thatcher simply goes off on a tangent about industry and small businesses.

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